Zuleika Dobson
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Max Beerbohm
(4,271 Sterne; 24 Bewertungen)
A wickedly funny 1911 satire on undergraduate life in Edwardian Oxford' in which the entire student body of Oxford university including the young, handsome aristocrat the Duke of Dorset falls hopelessly in love with Zuleika who is visiting her grandfather, the warden of Judas college, and ultimately commit mass suicide at the end of 'Eights Week' (Summary by Andy Minter) (8 hr 50 min)
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Over the top Edwardian parody
Unknown
(4,5 Sterne)
I like to go into a book cold, knowing nothing about it if possible. So, it took a bit of time before I realized that this story was a fantasy. It reminded me of ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE. Every character is a fabulous exaggeration of his or her real world counterpart. Once I accepted the world Beerbohm created, I just sat back and enjoyed the ride! The reader is absolutely fabulous. If there is an Audible version of this book, it could not possibly be better. Be sure to listen to the name of the town the reader names as home at the end of this book. It sounds like a fairytale place itself! Don’t miss this book!!!
Save yourself, there is better use for your time than listening to this story. …
D
(3 Sterne)
Save yourself, there is better use for your time. The reader is excellent. The story is ridiculous, the idea of every single man on earth falling at the feet of this one woman, and behaving so foolishly (“falling in love”) after simply seeing her once or meeting her once. A man may find a woman beautiful upon meeting her, and admire her and want to get to know her, but this story portrays all men as fools and besotted idiots. Thankfully in real life there are men with more sense than this.
amazing narration
Azfad
(5 Sterne)
Great fun-Zuleiika is a literary heroine of sorts and this is a zinger of a book. Special mention however of the narrator, who is absolutely perfect-I can't imagine an improvement. Even Stephen Fry would struggle to match him!
you gotta meet Zuleika!
adam
(5 Sterne)
This book left an impression on me for sure. She's a sensation! Very entertaining and marvelously read!
a good read
Nick Dewar
(4 Sterne)
a bit verbose but a good story well as read
How have i never found this book before?
null
(5 Sterne)
Smart, funny, exquisitely crafted.